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ACCOMMODATION
If you're looking for a bargain, Ghana probably isn't it.
Budget hotels don't often provide a top sheet, so pack a sleeping liner.
Despite the high prevalence of malaria in Ghana, remarkably few hotels have mosquito
nets; wear repellent and cull before you go to sleep.
Rooms with bathrooms are generally called 'self-contained'.
PRACTICALITIES
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Newspapers
Accra's best dailies are
Daily Graphic
(
www.graphic.com.gh
) and
Ghanaian Chronicle
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BBC World Service
Listened to widely; in Accra it's 101.3FM.
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Radio
Local Ghanaian stations include the excellent Joy FM (news and music; 99.7FM), Choice FM (102.3) and
Gold FM (90.5).
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TV
Ghana's biggest TV stations are GTV, Metro TV and TV3. Satellite TV is increasingly available in midrange
and upmarket hotels.
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Electricity
230V and three-pin British-style plugs are used. Power cuts remain frequent.
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Languages
English, plus nine local languages.
EMBASSIES & CONSULATES
The following are all in Accra.
030-2216400;
www.ghana.embassy.gov.au
; 2 Second Rangoon Cl, Cantonments)
30-2213250;
ht-
tp://ukinghana.fco.gov.uk
;
1 Osu Link)
030-2221988; 2nd Mango Tree Ave,
Asylum Down)
030-2211521;
www.canadainternational.gc.ca/ghana
;
46 Independence Ave, Sankara Interchange)
